The legal status of service users admitted to psychiatric wards is not synonymous with the
level of coercion that they can perceive during the admission. This study aimed to identify …

The use of coercion in the treatment of individuals with severe and persistent mental illness
has been one of the most controversial issues in psychiatry and mental health law in the …

Mental health legislation permits legal coercion in the form of involuntary detention and
compulsory assessment and treatment (Harding, 1993; Kaplan, Sadock, & Grebb, 1994). An …

Introduction Perceived coercion is not exclusively related to the patient's legal status at
admission. Patients are not always aware of their correct status and voluntary patients often …

Reports on a study designed to examine patients' perceptions of coercive practices prior to
presentation and at the time of the hospital decision. The authors developed a structured …

Investigated the relationship between legal status and perceptions of coerciveness of
hospitalization and between coercion and the efficacy of hospitalization with 220 patients …

Background: Patients' perceptions of coercion in admission may affect their attitude toward
subsequent treatment, including their inclination to adhere to treatment plans. This study …

Background Measures of perceived coercion at psychiatric hospital admission have been
developed. We aimed to investigate predictors of perceived coercion in subjects admitted to …

This study aimed to investigate factors linked to perceived coercion at admission and during
treatment among voluntary inpatients. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used. Two …

Objective: Coercion during psychiatric admissions has been a topic of debate for many
years. Although there has been considerable research on patients' perceptions of coercion …